Mark Shaver for The Chronicle
I noticed two advertisements recently that say a lot about the power of institutional branding in higher education. I also had two conversations that suggest how that power might someday fade.
The first ad was pasted inside a bus stop in Washington. The University of Phoenix, the sign noted, has the same accreditation as “America’s top universities.”
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